File:Pulaski County natural gas marker.png

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Camera location40° 57′ 46.8″ N, 86° 53′ 30″ W  Heading=225° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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A historical marker in southwestern Pulaski County, Indiana, documenting the site of the state's first natural gas well. Marker is located on the western side of U.S. Route 421, one and a half miles south of the town of Francesville. It reads:

First Indiana Natural Gas Well
One mile southwest of this marker gas was discovered in 1867 by G. Bates while drilling for oil at a depth of 500 feet. Gas wells were drilled in 1887-1888; gas piped into Francesville lasted only four years.

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